6.6med
CVE-2016-1715
The swin.sys kernel driver in McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 before build 706, 6.1.1 before build 404, 6.1.2 before build 449, 6.1.…
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.6
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The swin.sys kernel driver in McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 before build 706, 6.1.1 before build 404, 6.1.2 before build 449, 6.1.3 before build 441, and 6.2.0 before build 505 on 32-bit Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges via a 768 syscall, which triggers a zero to be written to an arbitrary kernel memory location.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.5 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
- kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-16-007 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-1715
- NVD: CVE-2016-1715
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